| 单词 | seminal power |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseminal power 3. gen. Of or pertaining to the seed or reproductive elements existing in organic bodies, or attributed in pre-scientific belief to inorganic substances. Formerly often in seminal power, seminal virtue: the power of producing offspring. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] > relating to genitala1382 generative?a1425 genitivea1500 procreatory1576 seminal1605 procreanta1616 younglinga1627 genitable1634 genial1652 spermatic1669 testiculatory1693 reproductive1746 generational1764 reproductory1831 genesial1848 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke ii. iv. 117 Gold phylosophicall,..having gotten a more perfect vegetation and seminal vertue, may be dissolued into any liquor. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋73 The Earth hath of herself a seminall vertue of producing herbs. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. ii. §17. 463 And consequently different appearances and effects may be caused in the same bodies, though it results from seminal principles. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. iv. 27 To prove our assertion about the Seminal production of all living Creatures,..we appeal to Observation and Experiment. 1701 J. Swift Disc. Contests Nobles & Commons v. 48 We cannot prolong the Period of a Commonwealth beyond the Decree of Heaven, or the Date of its Nature, any more than Human Life beyond the Strength of the Seminal Virtue. < as lemmas |
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